Re: ddd-3.3.9-test2 build feedback

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: Re: ddd-3.3.9-test2 build feedback, Andrew Gaylard said (at...:

> Tim Mooney wrote:
> > As an aside, are some of the fixes that Arnaud et. al. have incorporated
> > related to optimization?  The test releases of 3.3.9 seem a *lot* snappier
> > than any prior version of ddd I can remember, even back to the 1.3 days.
>
> Yes indeed, Arnaud has done a lot of work changing pass-by-value calls
> into pass-by-reference, among other things.  I'm glad you've noticed!

The performance improvements are hard to miss.

> > I'll also continue to pursue information from the folks at HP about what
> > I might do to get the Compaq C++ compiler to not choke on ddd on Tru64.
> > Hopefully I'll have something useful to report next week.
>
> Excellent.  I presume that it works with g++, right?

I haven't tested with g++, but it likely does.  The good news is that
last night I figured out the problem, and have been successful getting
ddd to build with the Compaq C++ compiler.  I'll have more info in a
subsequent email.

> (I actually have an alpha system  for testing, but it has only
> Tru64 v4.0F and g++;  I don't have dollars to spend on this platform
> for mere hobbyist usage.  If anyone from HP is reading this, is there
> no hobbyist program for Tru64 like there is for OpenVMS?)

There is, and there has been for years.  I can get you part numbers if
you want.  What I can't remember is if the hobbyist licenses include a
license for the C++ compiler.  Licenses for the rest of the development
tools are included, but I seem to recall that the C++ compiler was left
out.  That could be wrong though.

> Thanks for your work testing this for us,

You're welcome.

Tim
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